Steaming-cap for bottles



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(Application filed Jan. 18, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP D. LAIBLE, OF NEWARK NEW JERSEY.

STEAMlNG-CAP FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,027, dated May 30, 1899.

Application filed January 18, 1899. Serial No. 702,499. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP D. LAIBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark,- in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steaming-Caps for Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to that class of caps or holders used by bottlers for retaining the corks of bottles in place while the contents of the bottle are subjected to heat or steamed and the objects are to provide a cap adj ustable in its relation to the top of the bottle and which can be quickly and easily fitted to different-sized tops, to obtain a construction which shall be equally efficient on different sizes of bottle tops or crowns, to secure simplicity of construction and cheapness of manufacture, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved steaming-cap for bottles and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 shows in side elevation my steaming-cap arranged upon a bottle in holding relation to the cork. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; and Figs. 3 and4 are perspective views, respectively, of the lower and upper sections of the cap.

In said drawings, (it indicates the neck of a bottle having an outwardly thickened or enlarged crown a, and 1) indicates a cork fitted into the mouth of the bottle.

The steaming-cap 0 comprises an upper section d and lower section c, said sections being tongued and grooved and fitted together to slide upon each other on anoblique line in side view, as shown in Fig. 1 and hereinafter more fully described. Each of said sections has a plane portion or floor, (marked d and e, respectively-,)said floors being parallel to each other when the sections are in operative connection and normally lying in horizontal planes when the cap is in position on the bottle. The opposite ends of each section are open, but at the sides are formed walls, preferably at right angles to the floor, the walls [1 of the upper section extending downward and those 6 of the lower section extending upward. The walls of each section are higher at one end than at the other or of trapezoidal shape, and the high end of one section is arranged opposite the lower end of the other section, as shown in Fig. 1. The edges of the walls of one section-as, for example, the lower one,eare outwardly bent and returned to form an inwardly-facing groove f, and at the edges of the other or upper section is formed a flange f, preferably by bending outward at right angles, said flange f being adapted to lie in the said groove f. The two sections are thus fitted together at the edges of their walls by sliding the flange f into the groove f and may then be slid longitudinally with respect to each other, as desired. It will be understood that in fitting the sections together the small end of one section 5r the end having low walls is'introduced into the corresponding end of the other section, so that when slid into superposed position'the large end of one section is directly over or opposite to the small end of the other. The sliding may obviously be further continued until the large'ends of both sections are superposed, the small ends laterally projecting in opposite directions. The floors of the two sections are always separated by the combined height of the walls (1 c and it will thereforebe evident that in sliding the sections one upon another the floors may be brought nearer together or carried farther apart, yet always retaining their parallel relation. The floor of the lower section 6 has at one end a recess or opening g, extending with slightly-converging sides toward the opposite ends of the section. This recess is adapted to receive the neck a of the bottle at a point j nst below the crown o the edges of the floor around said recess engaging the under part of said crown or protuberance and holding the whole cap from sliding upward. After the cap is arranged 011 the bottle the two sections are slid together to decrease the distance between the floors, thus bringing the upper section down against the cork Z). The incline upon which the two sections slide is of sufficiently small angle so that the sections will retain their holding position by friction.

By simply pressing with the thumb and finger upon the opposite small ends of the two sections in the direction of their length said sections are caused to slide upon one another to bring their floors nearer together, and similar pressure upon the opposite large ends forces the sections apart to release the cork, and thus my device is very simply and easily operated.

To prevent the two sliding sections being inadvertently slid entirely apart from one another in either direction in operating, I prefer to form cooperating stops 7L and 1' near the edges of the walls of the sections. Those on the grooved section are preferably formed by bending up a portion 7L of the edge, while on the tongued section small projections 7; extend outwardly from the walls. The two 00- operating stops on one side of the cap limit movement of the sections in one direction, while those at the opposite side limit movement in the other direction, as will be understood.

It will be evident that various modifications of construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself by the positive descriptive terms employed excepting as the state of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. The herein-described steamingcap for bottles, comprising two sections, the lower of which is adapted to engage the neck of a bottle, and the upper of which is slidable upon the lower to engage the cork of the bottle, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described steaming-cap, comprising sections adapted to be slid longitudinally with respect to one another, and stops on said sections normally preventing the sliding apart of said sections in either direction, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein-described steaming-cap,comprising sections having parallel floors and sides extending toward each other and having inclined edges, and the sides of one section being grooved to receive the correspondingly-tongued sides of the other section, substantially as set forth.

4. In a steaming-cap, the combination of upper and lower sectionshaving at the sides walls extending toward one another and being open at the ends, said walls slanting at their meeting edges in opposite directions and being tongue-and-grooved to connect the sections, substantially as set forth.

5. In a steaming-cap, the combination of upper and lower sections having parallel floors and being connected to slide upon one another in a plane inclined to said floors whereby said floors are caused to approach or separate, substantially as set forth.

6. In a steaming-cap, the combination of sections having parallel floors and side walls tongue-and-grooved to connect said sections in a plane inclined to said parallel floors, substantially as set forth.

7. Theherein-described steaming-cap com prising two connected and cooperating sections, the lower section having a recess or opening to receive the neck of a bottle and the two sections being adapted to be moved toward each other or apart, independent of the bottle, to bring the upper section into contact with the cork of the bottle, substantially as set forth.

8. Theherein-describedsteaming-cap,comprising two members, the first of which is adapted to grasp the neck of a bottle, said members being adjustable with respect to one another, independent of the bottle, whereby the second section may be brought into engagement with the stopper of the bottle, substantially as set fort-h.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of January, 1899.

PHILIP D. LAIBLE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES II. PELL, C. 13. PITNEY. 

